21,801 Electric Motorcycles for Free Nutritious Meals Will Not Be Seized: AGO
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has confirmed that electric motorbikes will not be seized in relation to the alleged corruption case involving the management of the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) programme at the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) for 2025–2026.
It is understood that the electric motorbikes are among the items whose procurement prices were allegedly marked up by three suspects: the former Head of the BGN, Dadan Hindayana, and two former Deputy Heads of the BGN, Lodewyk Pusung and Sony Sonjaya.
“If the goods have already reached the regions and are being used, we certainly will not carry out a seizure,” said the Director of Investigation of the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General’s Office, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, at the Jampidsus Building in Jakarta on Thursday (4/6).
He stated that investigators are only taking samples, while the remainder can continue to be used by the Nutrition Service Fulfillment Units (SPPG).
“Only samples. Therefore, there is no need to seize everything. Everything can be used in their respective regions. What we are investigating are the traces of that procurement,” he added.
The three suspects are alleged to have inflated the procurement prices of several items at the BGN, including 21,801 units of electric motorbikes, with a total procurement value of Rp1.035 trillion.
The funds were reportedly paid to PT YAT, which failed to meet the requirements as a vendor because it lacked an active dealership or workshop, and was involved in the price mark-up.
This price inflation caused waste and losses to state finances. As a result of their actions, the suspects are charged with violating several articles of the Criminal Code and the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.
The three suspects have been detained for 20 days starting from Wednesday (3/6) at the Salemba Detention Centre, under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General’s Office and the South Jakarta District Attorney’s Office.